“But don’t forget the songs that made you cry, and the songs that saved your life.” Regardless of Morrissey’s fears, it is pretty difficult to forget the songs that have been monumental in your life...And when those songs are the ones that kept you putting one foot in front of the other, forced you out of bed and stumbling down the road towards public transport, they become particularly significant.

Sometimes the trauma these young men are dealing with hits me a little too close to home, makes feeling my own emotions uncomfortable. Sometimes it’s just a book, sometimes it’s more than that. This playlist works the same way.